March 12, 1945

This flight – from 18:11 hrs to 18:26 hrs. for a total of 15 minutes, must have been on a newly delivered jet – the original “Rote 2” was lost on February 17th, 1945 (see here), when Walter Böckstiegel crashed, killing the pilot and destroying the aircraft.

Also recorded in the lists of the Generalquartiermeister[1]Genst. Gen. Qu. 6 Abt, Nr. 450/45 is a damage of 30% to one of the units jets, Werknummer 111 916.

The record does not mention the name of the pilot – he was not injured but gives the reason: “Error handling the aircraft when landing”. Some sources say, the pilot was Herbert Altner[2]Note: reference missing, others say it was Jörg Czypionka[3]O’Connell, Dan: Me 262 Production Log, Page 142. The aircraft’s code is not recorded but the GQM Record associates the Werknummer 111 916 with 10./NJG 11.